How is the order of elements decided when talking about compounds?

Question

For example, why is it NaCl instead of ClNa?

In: 2

Answer 1

Both are actually acceptable but usually its done by metals first(for inorganics) and then the heaviest element takes priority
Ie AlBrClOH

but i only really cover organic chem so i could be wrong
Edit- turns out chem doesn’t work with my head when im half asleep, see other peoples answers